Miriam Margolyes
Known for Acting · 218 credits
- Born
- 1941-05-18 (age 85)
- Place of birth
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
- Also known as
- Miriam Margolyes, OBE
Biography
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993).
Known For
TV Shows (84)
Family Guy
1999
as Right Eyeball (voice)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
Late Night with Seth Meyers
2014
as Self
American Dad!
2005
as Margaret Hilda Thatcher (voice)
Rugrats
1991
as Shirley Finster (voice)
The Graham Norton Show
2007
as Self
Play for Today
1970
as Veronica
Wogan
1982
as Self
The Last Leg
2013
as Self
Call the Midwife
2012
as Mother Mildred
Merlin
2008
as Grunhilda
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004
as Mrs. Price-Ridley
Screen Two
1985
as Nellie
Tales of the Unexpected
1979
as Mary Burge
Omnibus
1967
Q&A
2008
as Self - Panellist
Theatre 625
1964
as Rita
ITV Playhouse
1967
as Kathie
Blackadder
1983
as Lady Whiteadder / Infanta Maria Escalosa of Spain
An Audience with...
1978
as Self
Thirty-Minute Theatre
1965
as Voice
Dharma & Greg
1997
as Chloe
Apple & Onion
2018
as Queen Victoria Sponge (voice)
Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2012
as Aunt Prudence
Monkey
1978
as Narator / Demon (voice)
The Sarah Jane Adventures
2007
as Leaf Blathereen (voice)
Angels
1975
Trollied
2011
Remembers…
2022
as Self
The Play on One
1988
as Laughter (voice)
Plebs
2013
as Iona
The Weekly with Charlie Pickering
2015
as Self
Jam and Jerusalem
2006
as Joyce Midge / Mrs. Joyce Midge
Kingdom
2007
as Henny Leach
Fall of Eagles
1974
as Anna Vyrubova
Vanity Fair
1998
as Miss Crawley
Big Muzzy
1987
as The Queen (voice)
Dog Squad
2022
as Sylvie (voice)
Poor Little Rich Girl: The Barbara Hutton Story
1989
as Elsa Maxwell
The Project
2009
John Bishop: In Conversation with...
2016
as Self
Terry Wogan's Friday Night
1992
as Self
Badjelly
2025
as Badjelly (voice)
Tonight at 8.30
1991
as Mrs. Wadhurst / Nanny
Plays for Britain
1976
as Miriam / Miss Babberton
A Little Princess
1987
as Miss Amelia Minchin
Magic Grandad
1993
as Grandma
The Real Marigold Hotel
2016
as Self
Oliver Twist
1985
Freud
1984
as Baroness von Lieben
Los cuentos de Tinga Tinga
2010
Dickens
2002
as Catherine Dickens
Tate Britain's Great Art Walks
2017
as Self
Bucket
2017
as Mim
The History Man
1981
as Melissa Tordoroff
Childhood
1977
as Mademoiselle
A Kick Up the Eighties
1981
Lady Gregory: Ireland's First Social Influencer
2023
as Self
Kizzy
1976
as Mrs Doe
The Life and Loves of a She-Devil
1986
as Nurse Hopkins
Movies (134)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2002
as Pomona Sprout
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2
2011
as Pomona Sprout
Mulan
1998
as The Matchmaker (voice)
Flushed Away
2006
as Rita's Grandma (voice)
Magnolia
1999
as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
Romeo + Juliet
1996
as Nurse
Happy Feet
2006
as Mrs. Astrakhan (voice)
Little Shop of Horrors
1986
as Dental Nurse
End of Days
1999
as Mabel
Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole
2010
as Mrs. Plithiver (voice)
Scrubbers
1982
as Jones
Babe
1995
as Fly (voice)
James and the Giant Peach
1996
as Aunt Sponge / Glowworm (voice)
Early Man
2018
as Queen Oofeefa (voice)
Cats & Dogs
2001
as Sophie the Castle Maid
The Age of Innocence
1993
as Mrs. Catherine Mingott
Balto
1995
as Grandma Rosy
The Guilt Trip
2012
as Anita
Pacific Heights
1990
as Realtor
Babe: Pig in the City
1998
as Fly (voice)
Holy Days
2026
as Sister Luke
The Little Vampire 3D
2017
as Wulftrud (voice)
Maya the Bee Movie
2014
as Queen (voice)
The Man Who Invented Christmas
2017
as Mrs. Fisk
Dead Again
1991
as Hypnotism Patient
House!
2000
as Auntie Beth
Chasing Liberty
2004
as Maria
Sunshine
1999
as Rose Sonnenschein
Ladies in Lavender
2004
as Dorcas
Electric Dreams
1984
as Ticket Girl
Unexplained Laughter
1989
as Laughter (voice)
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
2008
as Mrs. Kowalski
A Friend of Dorothy
2025
as Dorothy
The Thief and the Cobbler
1993
as Maiden from Mombassa (voice)
Immortal Beloved
1994
as Nanette Streicherová
When Harry Left Hogwarts
2011
as Self
I Love You to Death
1990
as Joey's Mother
Different for Girls
1996
as Pamela
Undertaking Betty
2002
as Thelma & Selma
Reds
1981
as Woman with Notebook (uncredited)
Stalin
1992
as Krupskaya
Orpheus Descending
1990
as Vee Talbot
Liberation
1994
as Narrator
The Lifeswappers
1976
as Miriam/Miss Babberton
Mother
2015
as Maria Aponte
The Butcher's Wife
1991
as Gina
The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
as Peg Sellers
Morons from Outer Space
1985
as Doctor Wallace
My Happy Ending
2023
as Judy
Ed and His Dead Mother
1993
as Mabel Chilton
The Wedding Video
2012
as Patricia
Cold Comfort Farm
1995
as Mrs. Beetle
The Awakening
1980
as Dr. Kadira
Modigliani
2004
as Gertrude Stein
The Seventeenth Kind
2014
as Mrs. Mark
Being Julia
2004
as Dolly de Vries
Dreaming of Joseph Lees
1999
as Signora Caldoni
Angels in the Asylum
Blackadder: A Cunning Story
2023
as Self - Narrator (voice)
The Fringe, Fame and Me
2022
as Self
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
1975
The Apple
1980
as Landlady
Confessions from a Holiday Camp
1977
as Blackbird (voice) (uncredited)
Demonella
1993
as Mother
The Legend of Longwood
2014
as Lady Thyrza
Harry Potter: A History Of Magic
2017
as Herself
Letters Live from the Archive: Freemasons’ Hall
2021
Postcards from the 48%
2018
Left Luggage
1998
as Mrs. Goldman
Outlier
2014
as Odamee Marshall
Blackadder's Christmas Carol
1988
as Queen Victoria
Echoes That Remain
1991
as Narrator (voice)
The Ha-Ha
1969
as Kathie
Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
1989
as Mrs. Rajzman
The First Snow of Winter
1998
as Sean McDuck (voice)
The Fool
1990
as Mrs. Bowring
Wallis & Edward
2005
as Aunt Bessie
Frida Kahlo & Tina Modotti
1983
as Narrator (voice)
What the Pythons Did Next...
2007
as Narrator
A Nice Girl Like Me
1969
as Pensione
Naughty Girls
1975
as Voice
Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears
2020
as Prudence Stanley
H Is for Happiness
2021
as Miss Bamford
As You Like It
1992
as Audrey
Sir Billi
2012
as Baroness Chantal McToff (voice)
Miriam's Dickensian Christmas
2022
as Self
Stand up, Virgin Soldiers
1977
as Elephant Ethel
The Secret Diaries of the Film Censors
1986
as Miss N. Shortt
Mog's Christmas
2023
as Aunt One (voice)
Not Afraid, Not Afraid
2001
The Dukes
2007
as Aunt Vee
Little Dorrit
1987
as Flora Finching
The Phoenix and the Carpet
2004
as Cook
The Good Father
1985
as Jane Powell
Spirit-ED
2015
as Headmistress - Ms Ursula Gressup
On the Game
1974
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Doctor Who: 60th Anniversary Specials
2023
as The Meep (voice) (archive footage)
Judi Dench: Our National Treasure
2022
as Self
In Search of Peace
2001
as Ester Cailingold (voice)
How To Make It In Comedy
2024
Body Contact
1987
as Tony's Mother
Blackadder's Most Cunning Moments
2008
as Self
Old Flames
1990
as Nellie
The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship
1990
as Mother / Mrs. Woodcutter
The Itch of the Golden Nit
2011
as Mummy Socks (voice)
We Are Most Amused
2008
as Self
They Call Us The Wrong Kind of Jew
2026
as Self
The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007
as Narrator (voice)
Yentl
1983
as Sarah
Crystal Gazing
1982
as Newsreader
Alec Guinness: A Class Act
2024
as self
David Baddiel: Jews Don't Count
2022
as Self
The IMAX Nutcracker
1997
as Sugar Plum
The Last Artifact
2020
as Narrator (UK version)
The Cow That Almost Missed Christmas
2012
as Mme Daniels / Mme Rat / Judith (voice)
A Closed Book
2012
as Mrs. Kilbride
Peter and the Wolf
2017
as Narrator
The Thin End of the Wedge
1977
as Veronica
On a Paving Stone Mounted
1978
About Miriam Margolyes
Miriam Margolyes (born May 18, 1941) is a British-Australian actress, writer, political activist and television personality, most prominent as a character actor on stage and screen. Her earliest roles were in theatre and, following a transition to film and television, she won a BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in The Age of Innocence (1993). With 218 credits spanning from 1962 to 2026, Miriam Margolyes has appeared in 134 films and 84 TV shows.
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Most Popular Miriam Margolyes Movies
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) — as Pomona Sprout
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011) — as Pomona Sprout
- Mulan (1998) — as The Matchmaker (voice)
- Flushed Away (2006) — as Rita's Grandma (voice)
- Magnolia (1999) — as Faye Barringer (uncredited)
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